page_title: Milton, Pennsylvania
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Milton, Pennsylvania / Education
caption_attribution_description: Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States Public School Districts
context_page_description: Milton is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on the West Branch Susquehanna River, 50 miles north of Harrisburg, located in Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley. It is about 10 miles upriver from the mouth of the West Branch Susquehanna River and about 30 miles downriver of Williamsport.
context_section_description: The local public school system, Milton Area School District, serves just over 2300 students. Enrollment is projected by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to increase significantly over the next 10 years. In 2005, Standard & Poors reported the district's student to teacher ratio was 13.9 to 1.
  . In 11th grade, 46.4% were proficient in math. For reading, 43.2% were proficient in 2005–2006. The high school is ranked 600th out of 606 public high schools in Pennsylvania.
  In 2007, the Pittsburgh Business Times ranked the district 22nd out of 499 Pennsylvania school districts based on three years of Pennsylvania System of Student Assessment test scores.
  The Milton Area School Board set the budget at $24.8 million for 2011–2013. The board levies a variety of taxes to support its programs. Taxes include 48.39 mills real estate tax in 2007 for district properties located in Northumberland County. For properties located in White Deer Township, Union County, the real estate property tax was set at 10.10 mills.
  By law, the local public school must provide transportation to schools within 10 mi (16 km) of the borders of the school district at no charge to the student.
  Several alternative schools, including parochial and charter, are available in the region.
caption: Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, public school districts
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